Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Billings has issued a Red Flag Warning...which is in effect from 11 AM to 9 PM MDT Thursday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.

* IMPACTS: Low humidities, unseasonably warm temperatures, strong gusty winds, and wind shift with a cold front will create erratic fire behavior and new fire starts.

* AFFECTED AREA: In South Central MT Fire Zones...123...124...125...126...127 128...129. In Southeast MT Fire Zones...130...131...132. In Southeast MT and Northwest SD Fire Zone...133.

* COUNTIES AFFECTED: In Central MT...Golden Valley...Musselshell...Wheatland. In Northwest SD...Harding. In South Central MT...Big Horn...Carbon...Park...Stillwater Sweet Grass...Yellowstone. In Southeast MT...Carter...Custer...Fallon...Powder River Rosebud...Treasure. In Southwest MT...Gallatin.

* WIND: West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* HUMIDITY: As low as 12 percent.

* TEMPERATURES: In the 70s to around 80.

* DRY COLD FRONT: Late Thursday afternoon into the evening shifting winds to the north.

* AFFECTED AREAS: GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST ... WHEATLAND COUNTY/SWEET GRASS COUNTY ... STILLWATER COUNTY ... BEARTOOTH RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST ... GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY/MUSSELSHELL COUNTY ... YELLOWSTONE COUNTY ... CROW INDIAN RESERVATION/BIG HORN CANYON REC AREA ... NORTHERN ROSEBUD/NORTHERN TREASURE COUNTIES ... NORTHERN CHEYENNE INDIAN RESERVATION/ASHLAND RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATL FOREST ... CUSTER COUNTY ... SIOUX RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST

Instructions:

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.